Carpets protect you from harmful organisms by trapping particles, dirt, and debris. Failure to clean, however, can cause those pollutants to build up and enter the air you breathe and impact your health. That is why twice-weekly vacuuming and periodic carpet cleaning services are essential for improving your home’s indoor air quality. The latter...
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Home Maintenance: Getting Ready for Winter
It’s the time of year where you’re preparing for winter by cleaning tile, decluttering closets, and trying to improve your energy efficiency. Household budgets get a little tight as the holidays approach, so you don’t want to worry about high electricity bills and home repairs, when you get ready for winter’s arrival now. T.A.C.T....
How to Clean Halloween Messes
Store shelves are overflowing with giant bags of fun-sized candy bars, the year’s best costumes, and pumpkins in a wide variety of sizes – Halloween time must be here. Celebrated annually on October 31st, Halloween wasn’t always synonymous with trick-or-treating and jack-o’-lanterns, though. Its origins can be traced to the ancient Celtic festival of...
Carpet Repair vs. Carpet Replacement
From puppy accidents to normal wear-and-tear on your carpets, flooring can take quite a beating, but knowing when to repair or replace it is a hard decision to make. How are you supposed to know? What should you be identifying? The information in this piece can be the difference between a quick $100 carpet...
Tips for Keeping Your Flooring Looking Its Best
Follow these tips to keep your flooring looking its best. You’ll Love Doormats Every entrance requires a doormat. Doormats keep people from tracking dirt indoors and can be purchased for under $20 at most any retailer or online. There are hundreds of inviting options available, as well, so there’s no need to worry about...
Puppy Wrecked Carpet? Carpet Repair Step-by-Step Guide
Bringing your four legged best friend home for the first time can be quite exciting. There are, however, going to be several milestones and mishaps along the way. One such mishap that may occur with puppies, aside from potty accidents, is torn up carpet. Before contacting your local Phoenix carpet repair and cleaning professionals,...
How to Care for Area Rugs
Area rugs are a beautiful addition to any home. They create visual interest; add warmth to a room; protect the floor, whether tile, hardwood or carpet; and reduce the sounds and vibrations caused by movement. Area rugs can also be changed out quite easily for the seasons. Follow these tips to care for your...
Clean Your Dryer Vent
Across the country, drying machines are responsible for hundreds of thousands of fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). 27% of these fires are the result of lint buildup. Cleaning your dryer and its vent once per year is an easy way to prevent dryer fires. The lint trap should be cleaned...
Carpet Cleaning: Are You Cleaning Your Carpets Often Enough?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “people spend 90% of their times indoors, where the concentrations of some pollutants are often two to five times higher than typical outdoor concentrations.” Carpet often absorb these pollutants. This can become a real problem for people with respiratory issues or allergy problems – especially if it’s...